I finished this level here without any problems on my first try (lucky!) and I never touch the gem shop, so don't give up @brad.

Personally I've been rolling with Beastmaster since he's an amazing tank with his boars + ranged damage from his falcon. Stampede is pretty sweet too. As soon as he unlocked I replayed most of the levels to max him out, then did challenges for tower points.

@spacehobbitz: I would just go ahead and play Frontiers. Really at its core is very much like the first game but with all new maps and all new advanced tower upgrades and an upgrading system for the characters and stuff.

I think the bigger issue for me is that I've been playing tower defense games that seem more robust and control sharper on the PC for years now. Between Defense Grid, Sanctum, Orcs Must Die, Anomaly, and Iron Brigade, I think this game might be a pretty good on Steam (it's been Greenlit) but even then doesn't seem to compete.

That and this game looked like PixelJunk Monsters from day one, which isn't a knock but rather to point out that while it's Brad's favorite but far from groundbreaking.

Vinny is so right about the "best thing ever/worst thing ever" stuff. It frustrates me to no end that everything on the internet has to be so black and white and is either the greatest thing that ever happened or the worst thing.

Glad I got to see this. I have been enjoying Kingdom Rush on my Android tablet (going though the elite stages now). Hopefully this comes out sooner for the Android then the first one did.

I do have to say that even though I like the game it seems like Brad hyped it up so much I thought it might be the second coming of gaming. :) But, I don't mind. I love seeing when people are really enthusiastic about a game they love. It helps displace a lot of the cynicism that seems to surround gaming now.